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88MauSporter
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Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield
06/01/08 09:58 AM

My .375 2 1/4 Express, "rebored" from .303 brit Martini arrived back today. I see the bore looks nice, but the rifling seems a bit shallow to me. I am used to seeing my heavy lands in my old originals. This has a 6 groove one twist in about 12.5 inches. Should be good for heavier bullets. I wanted to use mostly cast bullets. I hope this shallow groves won't be a problem. The chamber redo looks nice and evenly tapered and polished. There will be little to no neck on the cases. I will start preparing my cases and see what I can come up with. Once I fire form a few I will know.
I went for a rebore to keep the same style and configuration of the Martini Henry barrel. Still lots of thickness on this 22 inch barrel all the way to the muzzle. Can't wait to work up some loads. I don't know if this would be an option for the SMLE due to the straight case. I see by these posts that the taper dosn't seem to be a major issue.

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Pressure and the Lee Enfield	Charles	30/12/07 02:39 PM
Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield	Rolland	05/01/08 03:18 PM
Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield	mehulkamdar	06/01/08 05:18 PM
Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield	88MauSporter	06/01/08 09:58 AM
Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield	Rolland	06/01/08 02:42 PM
Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield	88MauSporter	06/01/08 09:42 AM
Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield	9.3x57	30/12/07 03:17 PM
Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield	Otto	03/01/08 12:24 AM
Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield	Marrakai	03/01/08 01:58 PM
Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield	88MauSporter	03/01/08 02:53 PM
Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield	Marrakai	03/01/08 03:11 PM
Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield	9.3x57	03/01/08 04:45 PM
Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield	88MauSporter	04/01/08 12:13 PM
Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield	Carpetsahib	04/01/08 12:45 PM
Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield	9.3x57	04/01/08 01:16 PM
Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield	88MauSporter	04/01/08 01:48 PM
Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield	Marrakai	05/01/08 12:50 AM
Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield	mehulkamdar	06/01/08 05:27 PM
Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield	John303	20/01/08 12:49 PM
Re: Pressure and the Lee Enfield	DarylS	05/01/08 04:31 AM

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